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John Mueller Meat Co. serves Texas barbecue in Austin. John Mueller is quite famous in Austin for the quality of the barbecue and the several comebacks he has made in selling it (see a nice article here).

John Mueller serves his barbecue in an outdoor fenced in lot in East Austin at 2500 E. 6th Street, with an outdoor smoker, covered picnic tables, and a small trailer where the food is served. They open at 1030 am, and when I went on a Saturday in September right before opening time there were only a few people in front of me. The line is not nearly as long as some other places, which was much appreciated to avoid the unrelenting Texas sun and heat. Mueller is there tending the smoker and sometimes passing out cans of ice cold Lone Star beer to customers. Be forewarned: he is a little prickly about people taking pictures of the smoker, which I learned firsthand.

The beef rib was enormous and encrusted by a thick bark, under which was a huge amount of tender, smoky meat (see the detail on the right in the picture above). The brisket was excellent – moist, luscious, peppery, complex, delicious. It’s important to get a combination of both fatty and lean sections. Barbecue this flavorful does not need sauce, but they serve a great vinegar-based sauce. I was not as big a fan of the sausage (a little crumbly texturally) or the squash (a little too much cheese), but most importantly the brisket and beef rib make John Mueller Meat Co. definitely worth seeking out.